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one oh two destruction instructions: self-destructive Janet Kuypers poem based on her 1997 poem “self-destructive” 2/8/15 i’ve been self-destructive before and you liked me then should i go back go back to those days when it didn’t matter who i was with because why would it matter unless it was you? But I can’t do that to myself anymore because now it’s about time to turn it all around ‘cause if you think for a second we’re gonna stay content with injuring ourselves (when really, it’s been so second nature to you to hurt us over and over again, justifying it, saying ‘that’s just the way it always is’) Because how were we self-destructive before, how did you like us when we did ourselves in and when we succumbed to you Well, were tired of acting helpless you haven’t begun to see how strong we really are Because we’ve seen how you work and I said it’s now time to turn it all around because I’ll use your tricks and make you self-destructive and once the tables are totally turned, you’ll feel how we women feel when the cards have been perpetually stacked against you and you have no power at all.

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